Translations from the Chinese

by Arthur Walye; illustrated by Cyrus Le Roy Baldridge.
New York Alfred Knopf, 1941.

Translations from the Chinese covers the long history of Chinese literature (mostly poetry) from 300 B.C. to 1100 A.D. The poems selected have simple charm and beauty, often about everyday occurrences. They never flinch from the difficulties of life, the sorrow or the occasional futility.